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    The surname Pekarek

    A surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P262

    Pekarek: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pekarek #24,404, 1,026 people Pekarek: #24,404 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pekarek #24,404, 1,026 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pekarek is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    From Czech Pekárek.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,026 people named Pekarek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 985.

    #24,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,026
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,922)

    Who is named Pekarek

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Pekarek identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pekarek

    Pekarek has the Soundex code P262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P262.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pekarek come from?
    From Czech Pekárek.
    How common is the surname Pekarek?
    1,026 people in the United States had the surname Pekarek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pekarek?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pekarek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pekarek getting more or less common?
    More common. 985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, up 4.2%.